Waze is a popular navigation tool on the Google Play Store available for all Android smartphones. It lets the user know the traffic conditions, congestion, police, crashes, speed cameras and more on the go. The app is worthy of its name and fame and has already been downloaded more than 100 million times. Waze has a dedicated user base that uses this app regularly, however, what would you do if the app is facing issues. It could be anything from app crashing errors, unfortunately Waze has stopped working and so on. It is crucial to troubleshooting these issues as I highly doubt it would be resolved on its own. Here are a few ways you can fix unfortunate Waze crashing errors on any phone.
How to fix Unfortunately Waze has stopped working and crashing error on any phone?
Close the app at once
This is particularly the first thing I ask users to do. It involves closing the app which is observing crashing errors such as Waze in this instance. This will shut down the app and you can restart it to check whether the method made any difference or not.
Force Stop an app
If the app keeps crashing or shows errors like ‘Unfortunately Waze has stopped working’ or it freezes, force stopping an app can make a lot of difference. Since you are actually shutting down an app abruptly, no work will be saved but it is a tried and tested method that will uproot the issue at once. If not, try the next method and so on.
Clear app cache
Apps use the resources of the system to function. They create temporary cache files to quicken processing and other purposes. However, cache files have a reputation to get corrupted or overwritten partially. This could cause a problem for an app to use an overwritten cache file and could result in a few issues such as the app slowing down, crashing errors, showing unfortunately Waze has stopped working and so on. Thus, a recommended method in this situation is to clear app cache so follow the method given below to do it.
- Firstly, go to the Settings app on your phone or scroll down the notification panel and click on the ‘gear’ icon.
- The second step is to click on Apps and select Waze from the list.
- Then, tap on Storage and finally, click on both buttons that are ‘Clear Data’ and ‘Clear Cache’ and put an end to this problem right there.